The Victorian forenames
names I have come across when dealing with the Zulu War have fascinated
me. They were very unusual in many cases, exotic and unfortunately, obsolete
or out of fashion. Many were taken from family connections or historical
characters. In any event, colourful. Many of them are used by the officer
class. More normal names such as John, Edward, Henry, Thomas, Arthur,
William, George etc. were very common in other ranks.